Perdigões, Portugal 3400 - 2000 BC

Items found at Perdigoes. Notice the owl eyes on the right item. Photo from: https://perdigoes.org/en/2021/03/02/elements-from-perdigoes-on-display-at-the-national-archaeology-museum/

Neolithic Ritual Complex of Perdigões, Portugal 3400 - 2000 BC

(August 31, 2023) This Neolithic site survived until the arrival of the Indo-European invaders. It had a large Wooden Henge at its center. It has a maximum diameter of about 20 meters delineated by two small concentric ditches (the exterior one having wedges and fittings for big poles and corresponding to a palisade. Inside of this outer ring were several concentric rows of large posts and at least two more concentric palisades.

This structure is still being excavated and extends below other contexts and structures. It is dated to the first half of the 3rd millennium BC.

The Perdigões Archaeological Complex is located 1 km north of the city of Reguengos de Monsaraz, district of Évora, Portugal. It has a museum.

References

Research site at: https://perdigoes.org/en/

Museum site: https://perdigoes.org/en/museu/

Some Stone Slabs Found at Perdigões, Portugal

These may have been used for burials.

Photo from: https://perdigoes.org/en/arquitecturas-e-contextos/menires-e-estelas/

Museum Model of Central Excavation Area at Perdigões, Portugal

This was a large woodhenge during the Neolithic era (3000-2500 BCE). The wood used was mostly pine. https://perdigoes.org/en/2022/04/03/anthracological-analyses-of-iii-millennium-bc-and-early-bronze-age-contexts-of-perdigoes/

Photo from: https://perdigoes.org/en/arquitecturas-e-contextos/o-recinto-central/